Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Parallel translations
- WEB They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
- BSB Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- NKJV Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
- NASB Planted in the house of the Lord, They will flourish in the courtyards of our God.
- NLT For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
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Quick answer
The righteous are planted in the LORD's house and flourish in His courts. Nearness to God is the soil in which true flourishing grows.
Overview
Being 'planted' in God's house pictures settled, rooted belonging in His presence and worship. The temple courts represent the place of communion with God, where life is sustained. For the church, this is fulfilled as believers are built into God's living temple in Christ (Ephesians 2:21-22; 1 Peter 2:5).
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- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- Isa 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
- Eph 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
- Rom 6:5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
- Isa 60:21Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- Ps 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
- Rom 11:17And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
- Ps 116:19In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
- 2 Chr 4:9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
- Ps 135:2Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
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